Recent Submissions: 2012 January 6-8

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:56 am

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IanP · Post by **IanP** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:41 am

Low Sun on a (July 2010) hazy day in Perth, Western Australia ..
http://www.filesonic.com/file/dywdo9Y/L ... sized1.jpg
[attachment=0]Low_Sun_on_a_hazy_day_in_Perth,_WA,_resized1.jpg[/attachment]

marion165 · Post by **marion165** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:59 am

The Setting of the Scorpion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/radicalret ... 888029479/
Copyright: Marion Haligowski

The Setting of the Scorpion by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

Scorpius setting in the western sky. A passing monsoon storm left some hazy high clouds that led to a magical diffusion effect.

jgabany · Post by **jgabany** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:57 am

IC 434 & NGC2023- The Horsehead nebula
http://www.cosmotography.com/images/sma ... ic434.html
Copyright: R. Jay GaBany
[attachment=0]horsehead.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.cosmotography.com/images/lrg_new_ic434.jpg

NGC 891
http://www.cosmotography.com/images/sma ... _2010.html
Copyright: R. Jay GaBany

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VegaStar · Post by **VegaStar** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:20 am

WAXING GIBBOUS MOONSET'S ROOF (92.1% of lunar illumination)
01.06.2012 04:39 a.m UT Paris
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegastarca ... hotostream
Copyright : VegaStar Carpentier

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jgabany · Post by **jgabany** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am

M1- The Crab Nebula
http://www.cosmotography.com/images/small_new_m1.html
Copyright: R. Jay GaBany
[attachment=0]m1.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.cosmotography.com/images/close_new_m1.jpg

philto · Post by **philto** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:09 am

moon on trees...
image taken with a 275 mm F/3.3 self made newtonian telescope
canon eos 5D M II 1600 iso
image by Philippe TOSI (Ariege moutains- FRANCE)
bets regards

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Region of Antares
canon EOS 5D MII (HDRsoft) 1600 iso with 135mm F/2.2.
50 min exposure.
image by : Philippe TOSI (Ariege mountains).
Best regards.

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Stars on storm...
canon eos 350 d 18-55 mm 1600 iso
best regards
image: Philippe TOSI (FRANCE)

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Great moment of nature...
maksutov F/6.3
canon eos 350 D
image by Philippe TOSI (FRANCE)

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Prominence taken the 22th of september 2011
C.14 + daystar 0.5 A + 150 mm off axis red filter.(HDRsoft society)
basler camera aca 1300 process by registax 6 and photomatix 4 pro.
image by Philippe TOSI (FRANCE)

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Prominence taken with a self-made coronograph the 9th of july 2011
basler aca 1300 basler camera.
process by registax and photomatix pro 4.
best regards.
Image by Philippe TOSI (FRANCE)

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owlice · Post by **owlice** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:30 am

Man, you guys were busy while I was sleeping!! (I think this is fabulous; thanks for posting your images!) I had intended to roll over the thread close to midnight my time, but fell asleep way before that...

Now to submissions:

Widefield in Taurus with Dark Nebulae
Labelled: http://www.nightpixels.net/photos_as/ic ... belled.jpg
Larger: http://www.nightpixels.net/photos_as/ic ... ll_ter.jpg
Copyright: Richard Galli
[attachment=4]ic2087_barnard7.jpg[/attachment]

Leo Triplet
http://starrysite.com/index.php?site=galleryitem,337
Copyright: Michał Żołnowski

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NOAA11388 and NOAA11389 in H-alpha
http://www.astroimagem.com/Halpha/AS200 ... -01-03.jpg
Copyright: Rogerio Marcon
[attachment=3]NOAA11388.jpg[/attachment]

IC443: Jellyfish Nebula, supernova remnant in Gemini
Copyright: Masoud Safari
[attachment=2]jellyfish nebula (ic443).jpg[/attachment]

Abell 9: Planetary Nebula in Auriga
Copyright: Valter Luna & Claudio Ferretti
[attachment=1]A9 Ha OIII OIII.jpg[/attachment]

Witch Head Nebula
http://mtanous.mine.nu/iweb/astropix/IC2118.html
Copyright: Jose Mtanous
[attachment=0]witchhead.jpg[/attachment]

Efrain Morales · Post by **Efrain Morales** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:37 pm

My most recent session of the king of planets Jupiter and its largest moon Ganymede transiting across the southern region of the planet.
And all who celebrates it " Happy Three Kings Day! - Feliz Día de Reyes! " :O)

Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F30, CGE mount, PGR Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik Ir, RGB filter set.

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marioweigand · Post by **marioweigand** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 8:28 pm

Standard 42
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand

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Standard 31
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand

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cheers

Mario

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:39 am

M42 - Great Orion Nebula.
http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/inde ... 42-HDR-Bal
Image Acquisition: Marco Angelini - Fabio Tagliani
Image Processing: Francesco Antonucci
[attachment=0]m42_marco.jpg[/attachment]

SalvatoreGrasso · Post by **SalvatoreGrasso** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:31 am

Messier 42 and the Running Man
http://www.SgAstrophotography.com
Copyright: Salvatore Grasso

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Larger Here
http://www.sgastrophotography.com/Sgast ... c1977.html

moladso · Post by **moladso** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:02 am

15hrs/80mm telescope, annotated M42 Orion Nebula in SHO narrowband
Please, visit my web page at www.astronomica.es for the annotated mouseover version and full sized version of this image. The annotated version shows part of the classical naming of the nebula that comes from observers as Huygens, Gentil, Picard or Messier as used by Herschell, Struve or Rosse.
Copyright: Jaime Fernandez

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tglicata · Post by **tglicata** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:05 pm

marioweigand wrote:Standard 42
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand
http://www.skytrip.de/deepsky/m42-2011-12-27c.jpg
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Beautiful and natural presentation, very sharp! This is the way M 42 should be processed IMHO...an example to all.

lucifer19700 · Post by **lucifer19700** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 11:26 pm

marioweigand wrote:Standard 42
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand
http://www.skytrip.de/deepsky/m42-2011-12-27c.jpg
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Standard 31
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand
http://www.skytrip.de/deepsky/m31-2011-12-26c.jpg
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Thanks for all the pics.

prokyon · Post by **prokyon** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:47 am

http://www.prokyon.startime.at
Copyright: Werner Probst

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http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Orion_Belt.htm

cheers

Werner

Thierry Legault · Post by **Thierry Legault** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:12 pm

Video of passage of Phobos-Grunt on New Year's Day over France:

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

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Additional info and details on this page: http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/phobos-grunt.html

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:39 pm

Venus over Qayen
Copyright: Amirreza Kamkar
[attachment=1]img_2631.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 6946: Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/NGC6 ... ndler.html
Copyright: Luminance data from the Subaru Telescope (NAOJ), RGB data by Robert Gendler; processing: Robert Gendler

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ISS Lunar Crossing
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/im ... 17837.html
Credit: NASA; submitted by Kelley Cyr

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Blue Flash at Sunset
Copyright: Sebastian Voltmer
[attachment=0]BlueFlash_frenchAlps.jpg[/attachment]

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:43 pm

I'm going to reply now even though more people may want to post images in this thread. But I've got to go back to work tomorrow, which is why I'm posting now.

R. Jay GaBany is one of my favorite photographers. He has posted three images here, all of which are great. I love the details and colors of reflection nebula NGC 2023, the nebula to the lower left of the Horsehead nebula.

I really love GaBany's picture of NGC 891, too. What an amazing galaxy this is! The yellow disk covers most of the the bright part of the nebula, and only a small "border" around all the yellowness is blue, as can be seen from the picture. But this predominantly yellow galaxy has an extremely active dust lane. There are many pink emission nebulae and blue star clusters here, and the dust lane is virtually "smoking", too. It is full of "chimneys" sending dust plumes into the halo of the galaxy. One reason for all these "chimneys" could be that there have been many relatively recent supernovae in the dust lane.

I love VegaStar Carpentier's "gothic moonlit roof-scape", too. What a perfect setting for a 19th century movie about vampires, thieves, Jack the Rippers and Sherlock Holmes-style detectives.

I completely love philto's "Moon on trees" image. If Vegastar Carpentier's Moon image is perfect for a 19th century romantic horror movie, than philto's picture is a fantastic illustration for a science fiction movie, where the Moon has slowly fallen down and is about to settle on the trees.

I love Philippe TOSI's Stars on storm image, too. Fantastic, Philippe! Tell me, can you identify the stars for me? Your other image is fantastic too, but I don't know what it is.

Mario Weigand, your portrait of M31 is absolutely beautiful. The three-dimensionality that you give to the Andromeda Galaxy is just wonderful. The full resolution image is just lovely, and I hope many people will look at it.

Marco Angelini, Fabio Tagliani and Francesco Antonucci, you have produced a truly stunning portrait of M42. Thank you!

Jaime Fernandez, your image also reveals many fascinating details in M42.

Amirreza Kamkar, that's a beautiful portrait of Venus, and I love how there seems to be a white snow "heart" in the mountain!

Robert Gendler's image of fascinating galaxy NGC 6946 is lovely. Do look at his picture at full resolution. It is stunning.

Sebastian Voltmer, as a lover of blue things I am of course happy to see your Blue Flash at Sunset - and to think the blue flash is not even seen over the ocean!

Thanks to everyone who contributed images to this thread!

Ann

moladso · Post by **moladso** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:38 pm

Ann wrote:...Jaime Fernandez, your image also reveals many fascinating details in M42....

Thanks Ann for your comments.
Please, don't miss the labeled version, it's terrific dicover that these beautifull details have their proper names.

Lorenzo Comolli · Post by **Lorenzo Comolli** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:12 pm

Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd)
http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d103.htm
Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli

asymon · Post by **asymon** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:26 am

Sharpless 254 through 258
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

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Ann · Post by **Ann** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:00 am

Time for me to add a few more comments.

I just love Lorenzo Comolli's portrait of Comet Garradd. The colors and structural details are fantastic. Note the two tails pointing in opposite directions. Note the color of the tails, too. One tail is yellow-white, and it is made of dust from the comet. Its color reflects the color of the Sun, just possibly with some reddening. The dust tail often points in a direction that is affected both by the motion of the comet and the solar wind and it forms a curved tail.

The other tail, the blue ion tail, always points directly away from the Sun. Check out this page to find out which ways the two comet tails point in relation to the motion of the comet and the direction to the Sun.

The ion tail glows blue because of ionized gases. Unfortunately, Wikipedia is sufficiently impolite not to explain what gases cause the blue color, but I'm pretty sure we are talking about ionized versions of carbon-oxygen combinations and hydrocarbons. I believe the ionization of the gases happens because of interactions with charged particles in the solar wind.

The blue-green coma, the head of the comet, glows the way it does because of other ionized gases. Again I don't know which ones. Wish I knew why the gases in the coma and the ion tail are always different!

But Lorenzo Comolli's picture really underscores that a comet is made of a nucleus surrounded by a coma, a dust tail and an ion tail. His picture underscores the fact that the dust tail and the ion tail and differently colored and point in different directions, and that the nucleus is yet another color.

Finally, check out the color of the star. It is a K-type star, redder than Arcturus, but not as red as Aldebaran and significantly less red than Betelgeuse. So what a color symphony this picture is!

Another very interesting image is Alistair Symon's portrait of several emission nebulae. Two are round, smallish, rather bright and concentrated. One is very small. One is large, round and spread out. I get the impression that the small concentrated ones are regions where star formation may still be in progress, or else it has only just come to an end, and there is still a lot of gas near the hot young stars (or star? Maybe just one really hot massive star?). The large one reminds me of the tenuous gas around a hot massive star that has blown away most of the gas cloud it was born from. In other words, the small concentrated nebulae remind me of the Cocoon Nebula, whereas the large tenuous nebula reminds me of the Lambda Orionis Nebula, seen at top in the image I linked to which I believe is taken by Bill and Sally Fletcher.

Ann

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